Soccer was a five-piece band from Chapel Hill, NC formed in 19?? who released their debut album La Bohème II: Electronic Boogaloo on Coolidge Records in 1995. They released a second album in 1997 before breaking up in ????

(Seriously: aside from the links above, I found next to no info about this band – this home page for former bassist Paul Cardillo has an incomplete list of Soccer’s discography[footnote]Cardillo joined Soccer in 1993 and left the band in 1996[/footnote] filed under “Other Projects”, and that’s about it!)

The term “hipster” predates “Hey Hipster!” by about 50 years, but the song (originally released as a B-side to a 7″ single in 1994) predates the rise in popularity of the contemporary usage of the term to describe certain types of people, music and fashion (often in a derogatory way, though the song itself is quite lighthearted in tone) by several years – how hip is that? I discovered this song via the late night radio show Brave New Waves on CBC radio, and perhaps a few more among you might discover its charms as well.

Have a Great Night Thread, Avocado!